02 - Cartoon Kid - Learn Crop, Hue, Saturation and .jpg in Photoshop
Step #1: Open a picture of your face in PhotoShop
Select the Crop Tool
Crop your Photo.
You want only need your head and shoulders remaining in the image.
Step #2: Lasso Around your Face ~
Use the Magnetic Lasso Tool.
Begin to trace around your head and shoulders.
Step #3: Add to or Subtract from Selection ~
To Add (or take away from) your image, change to the basic Lasso Tool
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On the Menu Bar, you can set Add to Selection or Subtract from Selection.
Outline the area that you want to add.
Or if you want to subtract from the selection...
Circle the area you want to remove.
Step #4: Create a New Layer ~
Right-click on your image and choose Layer via Copy
In the Layers Palate, you can now see 2 layers, one of just your selected area and the other the background layer.
Notice the Background layer is locked. Get rid of it by right clicking on the layer.
OR: Just drag the layer and drop it into the little trash can.
Step #4: Liquify Filter
Go to: Filter > Liquify
Choose the Warp Tool, increase the brush size to fit between your eye and your eye brow.
Try pushing the eye brow up in the middle without changing the eye yet. If you don’t like what you have done, click on the Revert button.
If you like you image so far, click OK
Go back to: Filters > Liquify and try the Bloat Tool
Make the brush size just bigger than your eye.
Hold down your mouse button over your eye to see what happens.
Try the Pucker Tool on your nose.
Remember to click OK each time you get your image to a place that you like it; otherwise you will lose those changes when and if you click on revert.
Using these 3 tools: Pucker, Bloat and Warp, try adjusting other parts of your face.
Step #5: Change Your Skin Color ~
Using the Magic Wand tool Click on your forehead. Right click on your face and choose Grow. If you are lucky you will now have all of your skin selected.
Continue to click on any remaining skin that is showing. Be sure that the selection tool bar is set to Add to Selection.
You may need to Lasso areas such as the teeth or parts of your hair to remove from selection.
Go to: Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation.
Drag the hue marker to the left and right to see your skin color change.
Click on OK when you have it the color that you want. Then hit Ctrl+D to Deselect
Mess around with other parts of the image. Be sure to save your work before you change too much.
Change the hair color by using the same method: hue and saturation, changing the hue as well as the saturation bar.
Step #4: Save the file as YOUR NAME! so we know who's it is.
Go to: File > Save for Web and Devices and save make the size approximately 500 pixels wide.
Save the file as a .jpg and attach.
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